Bill Kenney

When Missouri's state auditor and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Schweich shot himself in his home in February, his death shattered those close to him.

And by coming at a time he had accused the state party chairman of spreading anti-Semitic whispers about him, Schweich's suicide has also sent tremors of division through the highest levels of the state's political class. It set off a wide-ranging debate over whether his suicide resulted from mental health issues kept private and whether it was fed by the state's vitriolic politics.

The fractured state Republican Party was cleaved anew this week by a similar gunshot suicide by one of Schweich's top aides. Spence...

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When Missouri's state auditor and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Schweich shot himself in his home in February, his death shattered those close to him.
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